Films – Italy

It may be the most famous but there’smore to 1950s Italian cinema than just “The Bicycle Thieves”.

Questions

Roberto Rossellini was one of the most prominent directors of which Italian cinema movement?

NEOREALIST

Which 1945 film was the first in Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Neorealist trilogy’, set during World War II and co-written by Federico Fellini?

ROME, OPEN CITY

Taken from an Italian term for ‘countryman’, what was the second film in Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Neorealist trilogy’, with a major theme of the film being communication problems owing to language barriers?

PAISAN

Which third film in Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Neorealist trilogy’ is not set in Italy like the previous two, “Rome, Open City” and “Paisan”?

GERMANY, YEAR ZERO

Featuring a scene where its characters escape on broomsticks, “Miracle in Milan” is a fantasy film by which Italian director?

VITTORIO DE SICA

Receiving an Honorary Award at the Oscars that is considered a precursor to that of Best Foreign Film, which 1946 Vittorio De Sica film follows two boys who get in trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse?

SHOESHINE

Consisting of three short stories about couples from different parts of Italy, which 1963 comedy anthology film by Vittorio De Sica which starred Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni won the Best Foreign Film Oscar?

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Also earning a novel for Best Adapted Screenplay, a 1962 Giorgio Bassani novel provided the source material for which 1970 Vittorio De Sica film of the same name, which also won the Best Foreign Film Oscar?

THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS

Although mainly known for his directing, Vittorio De Sica was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in which 1957 Charles Vidor film?

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